| Lawrence Nilson | |
| Birth Date: | 1734 |
| Death Date: | 1811 |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | Bombay Army |
| Rank: | Brigadier-General |
| Commands: | Bombay Army |
| Battles: | Second Anglo-Mysore War |
Brigadier-General Lawrence Nilson (1734–1811) was an East India Company Bombay Army officer.
Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the Bombay Army, formed a company of Pioneer Lascars, comprising 100 men, in 1777.[1] His company took part in the expedition to the Malabar Coast against Tipu Sultan's forces in 1782 during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.[1] He became the Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.[2]